General Rydberg atoms in crossed electric and magnetic fields: Calculation of semiclassical recurrence spectra with special emphasis on core effects (Q1267572)

Since the photo-absorbing spectra of highly excited Rydberg atoms in external field are related to closed classical orbits of exited electrons, the aim of the paper is to extend the closed-orbit theory to three nonseparable degrees of freedom (two from magnetic and one from electric field), and to investigate the effects of a short-range core potential on absorption spectra in crossed fields. The authors undertake a rigorous semiclassical approach with classical treatment of core effects. The results are in good agreement with experimental spectra.